SHORT TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE CD RINGS-SIDE CHAIN FRAGMENT OF 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D-3 AND DE-AB-CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVES, INVOLVING 2 TANDEM MUKAIYAMA-MICHAEL CONJUGATE ADDITIONS
S. Marczak et al., SHORT TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF THE CD RINGS-SIDE CHAIN FRAGMENT OF 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN-D-3 AND DE-AB-CHOLESTANE DERIVATIVES, INVOLVING 2 TANDEM MUKAIYAMA-MICHAEL CONJUGATE ADDITIONS, Tetrahedron letters, 36(30), 1995, pp. 5425-5428
A concise synthesis of the key building block (2) for 25-hydroxyvitami
n D is described. Compound 2 has been prepared in 7 steps starting fro
m ketene acetal 5b, unsaturated ketone 7 and ethylene ketal 11.